equipment; device; installation; stage setting
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
unanticipated; unexpected
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to cease; to stop; to be over
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
at once; there and then; immediately
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
whatever the case; under any circumstances
such; like that; that sort of; very
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
thickheaded; obtuse; slow; sluggish; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting
diligent; hardworking; healthy; fit; (arch.) faithful; (arch.) devoted
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit